Oil-cloth.



T. B. TALBERT.

OIL CLOTH.

- APPLICATION FILED mm: 6. 191a.

- Patented Apr 8,1919.

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IZ-PA/NT My invention relates to an oil cloth process 0t making the same.

THOMAS B. TALBEBT, 0F HUNTINGTON'BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

OIL-CLOTH.

L3fil$ v Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 8, 1919;

Application filed June 6, 1918. v SerialNo. 238,573.

T 0 all whom. it away concern Be it known that I, TnoimsB. Tannnn'r,

a citizen of the Ilnited States, residing at Huntington Beach, in the county of Orange and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cloths, of which the following is a specification.

and a r It is an object of this invention to make an oil cloth which willlessen the cost of production and at the same time produce an article which is durable, answering everv purpose of the 011 cloth of common cnr' struction.

Oil cloths used as table covering and the like are commonly made by imposing upon a textile fabric a suffic ent qnantity of paints to form a'flex ble waterproof coatmg.' In

order to dispenseiyit'h the expensive-textilefabrie it has been proposed tojusea' paper back which is subjected to st-rong,'pressinro and then to a treatment with boiled, linseed I oil. The paper is allowed to absorb as much of'the linseed oil as possible. It is then dried 'and coated with a paint composed of linseed oil and a pigment, the coating being applied to both sides ofthe paper. Then as a final coat. varnish is applied.

I have discovered a new method of mak\ paper backing which dispenses with the linseed oil satu ation referred to, wh ch produces an exceedingly flexible tough oil, cloth )1O\'l(l0(l with water roof coatin".

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification. I have ilh-istratcd-the construction of my new oil cloth and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a section of the oil cloth. some of the layers being broken away for clearncss of illustration.

Fig. l is a vertical'cross section on the line 2.2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar cross section of a. modified construction. 7

10 indicates a. tough fibcred paper of suitable thickness used as a backing or body of my oil cloth. I apply thereto a sizing T1 in order to prevent the coat of paint from striking in. The. sizing I use is preferably a. casein iireparation. After the casein sizing is perfectly dry. I apply the coatings of paint l2. The paint is preferably made with a linseed oil vehicle. and a mineral the same is dry the paper is run through a l'iolishing machine which polishes the surface of the coat of paint inorder to pro- --duce a smooth evensurfaee. Several coats of paint are applied and polished if necessary. After the'final coat of paint has been applied, any desired pattern or ornamentation 13 is laid on. The final coating 14 consists of a Varnish which is preferably of (hinese wood oil, because of the well known wearing and water proof qualities of the latter. The oil cloth produced byiny meth d is inexpensive. flexible, water proof and wears as well if'not better than thefpil cloth produced by the ordinary methods. \Vhen the coating of paint is worn through the oil cloth is worn out and a paint coating on my oil cloth is fully as durable as the paint coating of other oil cloths.

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paint is applied to the paper body and after v i Wherethe lower surface of theoil cloth is apt to come in contact with moisture, I apply a casein sizing 15 on the under face of the oil cloth. asjshown in the construction illustrated in Fig. 3, to render the same wa- 3. An oil cloth .consisting of a sheet of plain untreated paper provided with a casein s1zing,a linseed oil pamt body and a. surface coat of Chinese wood oil.

4. In a. method of making an oil cloth comprising" sizing a sheet of plain untreated paper. applying a coat of a heavy oil paint body thereon. polishing the same. applying successive coats of paint and applying a surface coat of varnish.

5.; 'Anofl cloth comprising a sheet of plain untreatedpaper. a coatof sizing and successive coats of an oil paint body on said sizing. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. THOMAS l3. TALBERT. 

